93 (1)1961
“Bhikkhus, for direct knowledge of lust, nine things are to be developed. What nine? The perception of unattractiveness, the perception of death, the perception of the repulsiveness of food, the perception of non-delight in the entire world, the perception of impermanence, the perception of suffering in the impermanent, the perception of non-self in what is suffering, the perception of abandoning, and the perception of dispassion. For direct knowledge of lust, these nine things are to be developed.”
94 (2)
“Bhikkhus, for direct knowledge of lust, nine things are to be developed. What nine? The first jhāna, the second jhāna, the third jhāna, the fourth jhāna, the base of the infinity of space, the base of the infinity of consciousness, the base of nothingness, the base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception, and the cessation of perception and feeling. For direct knowledge of lust, these nine things are to be developed.”
95 (3)–112 (20)1962
“Bhikkhus, for full understanding of lust … for the utter destruction … for the abandoning … for the destruction … for the vanishing … for the fading away … for the cessation … for the giving up … for the relinquishment of lust … these nine things are to be developed.”
“Bhikkhus, for direct knowledge … for full understanding … for the utter destruction … for the abandoning … for the destruction … for the vanishing … for the fading away … [466] for the cessation … for the giving up … for the relinquishment of hatred … of delusion … of anger … of hostility … of denigration … of insolence … of envy … of miserliness … of deceitfulness … of craftiness … of obstinacy … of vehemence … of conceit … of arrogance … of intoxication … of heedlessness … these nine things are to be developed.”1963
This is what the Blessed One said. Elated, those bhikkhus delighted in the Blessed One’s statement.
The Book of the Nines is finished.
1960 Ee does not number this vagga. Ce numbers it 5 and Be numbers it (10) 5, using both the consecutive numbering scheme and the number of the vagga in the set of fifty.
1961 Ce does not number the suttas in the series. Be numbers them in continuity with those in the entire nipāta, from 93 to 432. Ee numbers them from 93 to 100, with no explanation why it ends at 100. I follow the numbering of Be.
1962 Ce has 3–18, but there are eighteen suttas in this group; the nine perceptions and nine meditative attainments are to be taken collectively with each of the nine terms from “full understanding” to “relinquishment.” The eighteen beginning with 3 should thus be added to the two previous suttas so that the present group ends at 20.
1963 Ce has a note: “The seventeen terms, from ‘lust’ through ‘heedlessness,’ are each to be joined with the ten terms beginning with ‘for direct knowledge.’ These are each to be taken separately with the nine perceptions and the nine meditative attainments, described as ‘nine things to be developed.’ Thus there are altogether 340 suttas.”
NOTES TO THE TENS